Decorating Is Fun! : How to be Your Own Decorator

Dorothy Draper

ISBN 10: 0985225629 / ISBN 13: 9780985225629

Published by Shannongrove Press Jul 2016, 2016

About this Item

Neuware - After being out of print for many years, Decorating is Fun is being republished with its original illustrations and a new introduction by Draper's protégé, designer Carleton Varney. Amazingly, the book is still practical, amusing and inspirational. Draper's earnest enthusiasm feels fresh and contemporary. She believed that though there were troubles in the world, one's home should be a refuge, a cheerful place for entertaining one's friends and a colorful and comfortable shelter from the storm.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Decorating Is Fun! : How to be Your Own Decorator
• Publisher: Shannongrove Press Jul 2016
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0985225629
• ISBN 13: 9780985225629
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 237W x 166H x 31D millimeters 237 millimeters width by 166 millimeters height by 31 millimeters depth
• Weight: 780 grams

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Synopsis

After being out of print for many years, Decorating is Fun is being republished with its original illustrations and a new introduction by Draper's protégé, designer Carleton Varney. Amazingly, the book is still practical, amusing and inspirational.

Draper's earnest enthusiasm feels fresh and contemporary. She believed that though there were troubles in the world, one's home should be a refuge, a cheerful place for entertaining one's friends and a colorful and comfortable shelter from the storm.

About the Author

In her heyday, Dorothy Draper (1889-1969) was the most famous decorator in America. She had a monthly column in Good Housekeeping magazine and decorated luxury hotels such as the Greenbrier in West Virginia, along with restaurants, nightclubs, houses, apartment buildings, stores, and airplanes. She designed fabrics in the spirit of Brazil, Hawaii, and Spain. She understood the perils and pleasures of furnishing a home, and it was her uncanny understanding of human nature as much as her knowledge of scale, proportion and color that made America trust her.